Elstree Borehamwood and District Community Association

Analysis

Elstree Borehamwood and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Borehamwood. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05162019). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Elstree Borehamwood and District Community Association reported income of £359k and spending of £442k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £167k to £359k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Elstree Borehamwood and District Community Association sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Potters Village (£359k), North Cumbria Hospitals NHS Charity (£359k) and Chichester Medical Education Centre (£359k).